Tune In, dir. Esther Johnson
UK, 2006, 14 mins
A portrait of the fascinating world of amateur radio operators, better known as HAMS. Dealing with the politics of space and social communication, Tune In blends documentary and abstract audio to reflect on the use of DIY radio equipment in an ever-changing modern world. 'The Space-age hobby where the world is your friend.
Harrachov, dir. Matt Hulse & Joost Van Veen
UK, 2006, 10 mins
Combining live action, stop-frame animation and a kinetic sculpture, Harrachov explores the effect of an arcane force that, like a black hole or immensely powerful electromagnet, exerts a far-reaching and irresistible power upon certain objects and materials, wilfully seducing, centralizing and internalising them. Extraordinarily, the beast the film creates actually exists, beyond the confines of the screen, as an impressive, fully functional kinetic sculpture – The Harrachov Exchange - designed & constructed by Guy Bishop.
Qaeda Quality Question Quickly Quickly Quiet, dir. Lenka Clayton
UK, 2003, 20 mins
The 4,100 words from George W. Bush's infamous 'Axis of Evil' speech are spliced together in alphabetical order to create a snapshot of the presidential rhetoric and obsessions of the administration post-September 11.
Introduction to Wildflowers, dir. Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman
UK, 2007, 14 mins
Interview with grass roots Detroit activists in this film by Lucky Kitchen, an award-winning, independent source for fine arts, design and critical thinking including audio art, electronic and electro acoustic sound, documentary, and neo-modernist utopian constructions.
Rubber Johnny, dir. Chris Cunningham
UK, 2005, 8 mins
Johnny is a hyperactive, shape-shifting mutant child, kept locked away in a basement. With only his feverish imagination and his terrified dog for company, he finds ways to amuse himself in the dark.
Featuring music by legendary electronic composer, Aphex Twin, this nightmarish and hallucinatory experimental short film is accompanied by 40 pages of drawings and photographs – Cunningham’s first published book of original artwork.
Colour Fight, dir. Len Lye
New Zealand, 1938, 4 mins, 16mm
Music "Honolulu Blues" by Red Nicholas and his Five Pennies.
Len Lye chose a tune in which he captures and translates the pulsation (rhythm) in a cocktail of colour. We are treated to an "eye nash", which even today seems fresh (or which they don't make like that anymore.)
Projection 1, dir Jayne Parker
UK, 2000, 6mins
Anton Lukoszevieze plays Morton Feldman's Projection 1 (1950) for solo 'cello, twice through. The film is in black and white and has few edits. The strong graphic lines of the 'cello and its strings, and the intersection of the bow, mirror the graphic score from which this piece is played. A film about form, sound and space: un-gestural.
--- -------- (Short Line, Long Line), dir. Thom Anderson & Malcolm Brodwick
USA, l966 - 67, 11 mins, 16mm
A documentary about rock 'n' roll. The Canned Heat, City Lights, Seeds of Time, LA Tymes, Llyn Foulkes, Charlie Watts, Chris & Craig, Duke of Earl, Seeburg, Wurlitzer, The Trip, The Lynch Bldg., Top's, Pandora's Box, Maverick's Flat, someone's backyard. Riot in cell block number nine, riot on Sunset Strip. Hotrod, coin slot, go cart, bomp club. Hound Dog Man, King Creole. Kim Weston, The Shangri-Las, The Supremes, Earl - Jean. The Rainbows, Wolfman Jack, Ernie Bushmiller, Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles, The Who, The Coasters. Standing at the crossroads of love. Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, John Cale, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Howlin Wolf, James Brown - The King. Wax reclamation. Frankie Avalon, The Beatles, The Yardbirds, Great Balls of Fire, an early clue to a new direction. Standing, walking, jumping, singing, surfing. Radio, jukebox, scopitone, pinball, poolhall. Mick Jagger/Earth Angel. Documentary material organised by a predetermined structure. A sequence of picture-sound equations with randomly chosen terms: vertically, - is completely structured, horizontally, it is completely random. A pastiche of cinematography, a parody of montage.
Tickets available from the CCA box office 0141 352 4900 priced £5/ £3.
N.B. Running order to be confirmed.